摘要：Finland has struggled with formulating and implementing policies regarding the national grey wolf (Canis lupus)population. It seems that after major institutional adjustments undertaken to improve wolf protection, the wolf population has,in fact, decreased. This calls for an explanation. My approach to the question of institutional fit builds upon classical institutionaleconomics and pragmatism. I will apply Charles S. Peirce's conception of habits and his theory of categories and the idea ofnormative sciences. The case study from southwestern Finland shows that if the institutional designers would address the habitsof feeling, mind, and action, including their own, that frame and constitute the problematic situation and potential solutions, thecritical conditions of institutional fit would be more tangible and easier to identify and handle. As long as policy adjustmentsare reactive and compulsive and not built upon a reasonable engagement of whole epistemic community in habit-breaking andhabit-taking, policies will most likely fail
关键词：grey wolf (Canis lupus); habits; institutional fit; institutions; policy; pragmatism
