Biography

Ville Rantala joined the Miami Herbert Business School after earning his PhD from Aalto University. Much of his research focuses on social interaction effects among individual financial decision makers. In his work, Rantala has studied how social networks influence the behavior of individual investors and corporate decision makers and how investment information spreads through social connections. His research interests are in the areas of behavioral finance, corporate finance, and household finance.

Research Interests

Behavioral finance; corporate finance; and household finance

Featured Publications

• Common Analyst - Based Method for Defining Peer Firms (joint with Markku Kaustia)

  How Do Investment Ideas Spread through Social Interaction? Evidence from a Ponzi Scheme

  Kaustia, Markku and Rantala, Ville (2015) Social Learning and Corporate Peer Effects (2015), Journal of Financial Economics 117, 653-669

Teaching and Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor, Finance, Miami Herbert Business School, 2016 - Present

Specialties

• Investor behavior
• Research on financial crime
• Social network analysis

Degrees

• Ph.D., Finance, Aalto University, 2016
• M.Sc., Finance, Aalto University, 2010
• B.Sc., Business Administration, Helsinki School of Economics, 2008

Honors and Awards

• Evli Bank Award, Aalto University, 2010