Karel Hrazdil, Simon Fraser University

Research

executive facial beauty bank loan contracting machine learning audit fees personality executives governance board of directors

Latest papers

On the determinants of journal rejection rates: evidence from the Journal of Financial Economics.
Financial innovation · 2026 · first author
Auditor Choice and the Informativeness of 10-K Reports.
Journal of accounting, auditing & finance · 2024 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Beauty bias in bank loan and audit fee settings
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$62,241
Beauty bias in bank loan and audit fee settings
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$12,526
Executive personality traits as determinants of corporate governance structure and firm performance
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$98,725

All 6 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

On the determinants of journal rejection rates: evidence from the Journal of Financial Economics.

Hrazdil K, Král P, Novak J, Suwanyangyuan N

Financial innovation2026First author

DOI: 10.1186/s40854-026-00908-x PMID: 41647195

02

Auditor Choice and the Informativeness of 10-K Reports.

Hrazdil K, Simunic DA, Suwanyangyuan N

Journal of accounting, auditing & finance2024First author

DOI: 10.1177/0148558x211062430 PMID: 38445026

Beauty bias in bank loan and audit fee settings

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hrazdil, Karel

Keywords: executive facial beauty; bank loan contracting; machine learning; audit fees

$62,241

Beauty bias in bank loan and audit fee settings

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hrazdil, Karel

Keywords: executive facial beauty; bank loan contracting; machine learning; audit fees

$12,526

Executive personality traits as determinants of corporate governance structure and firm performance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hrazdil, Karel

Keywords: personality; executives; governance; board of directors; performance

$98,725

Assessing Greenwashing Through the Readability of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Nazari, Jamal

Keywords: (1) Sustainability Reporting; (2) CSR Disclosure; (3) Readability; (4) Social Responsibility; (5) Environmental Responsibility

$40,400

Liquidity and market efficiency in the equity, bond and derivative markets

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Chung, Dennis Y.

Keywords: liquidity; market efficiency; price formation

$175,770

Liquidity and market efficiency Canadian evidence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Hrazdil, Karel

Keywords: price formation; market efficiency; information; liquidity; toronto stock exchange

$74,435

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: executive facial beauty Dear Professor Hrazdil, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "On the determinants of journal rejection rates: evidence from the Journal of Financial Economics." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Beauty bias in bank loan and audit fee settings" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]