TY - T1 - Mastering market repugnance : can private regulation initiatives prevent harsh government regulation in Finnish private elderly care? SN - / UR - URN:NBN:fi:hulib-202102031464; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/325794 T3 - A1 - Kurki, Niklas A2 - PB - Helsingin yliopisto Y1 - 2021 LA - eng AB - Previous research in political economy has emphasized corporate lobbying as a pathway through which businesses influence government policy. This thesis examines a less-studied mode of influence: private regulation, defined as voluntary efforts by firms to restrain their own business, in the context of Finnish private elderly care. The thesis suggests that profits in elderly care is a particularly controversial policy issue that suffers from market repugnance, defined as a situation where there m... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Private regulation; government regulation; market repugnance; experiment; political economy; welfare state; elderly care; Statskunskap med förvaltning; Statskunskap med förvaltning; Statskunskap med förvaltning; Yhteiskuntatieteiden maisteriohjelma; Master's Programme in Social Sciences (in Swedish); Magisterprogrammet i samhällsvetenskaper N1 - PP - ER -