Paper Title
The Use And Argumentative Challenges Of Public-Private Partnerships In Public Investments In Finland

Abstract
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are increasingly popular collaborative arrangements to organize public services and provide public infrastructure investments. The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the Finnish PPP applications both on national and local public investments and summarized arguments for and against the PPPs in order to consider the theoretical underpinnings of the PPPs by the terms of the quasi-market theory. Index terms� Public-Private Partnership, Private Finance Initiative, Life Cycle Model, Alliance Model.