Dr. Simon Suwanyangyuan joined the faculty at the Goodman School of Business in 2018. He received his PhD in Business Administration (Accounting) from Simon Fraser University, MS in Accounting from the University of Rochester and BAcc with an auditing concentration from Chulalongkorn University.

Prior to working in academia, Dr. Suwanyangyuan worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers (Thailand) as an audit assistant, during which he obtained his CPA (Thailand) designation. He has also been an accounting lecturer at Chulalongkorn University and Simon Fraser University.

Dr. Suwanyangyuan has received The CPA Ontario Emerging Research Scholar, Goodman School of Business (2021 – 2023).

RESEARCH AREA

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

Suwanyangyuan, S., Hrazdil, K., and Simunic, D. Auditor Choice and the Informativeness of 10-K Reports, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Volume 39, Number 2, 2024.

Suwanyangyuan, S., Hrazdil, K., Simunic, D., and Spector, S. Top executive gender diversity and financial reporting quality, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Volume 9, Number 2, 2023.

Suwanyangyuan, S., Hrazdil, K., and Li, X. CEO happiness and forecasting, Global Finance Journal, Volume 52, Number 100713, 2022.

Hrazdil, K., Simunic, D., and Suwanyangyuan, S. Are the Big 4 audit firms homogeneous? Further evidence from audit pricing, International Journal of Auditing, Volume 24, Number 3, June, 2020.

Chung, D., Hrazdil, K., Novak, J., and Suwanyangyuan, S. Does the large amount of information in corporate disclosures hinder or enhance price discovery in the capital market?, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Volume 15, Number 1, April, 2019.

Chung, D., Hrazdil, K., and Suwanyangyuan, S. Disclosure quantity and the efficiency of price discovery: Evidence from the Toronto Stock Exchange, Review of Accounting and Finance, Volume 15, Number 2, 2016.

Books Authored

Toommanon, V. and Suwanyangyuan, S. Advanced Accounting II, Chulalongkorn University Press, Bangkok, Thailand, 2014. (476 pages).

Conference Proceedings and Presentations

Suwanyangyuan, S., Hrazdil, K., Simunic, D., and Spector, S. Top Executive Gender Diversity and Financial Reporting Quality - New Zealand Finance Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand, 2022.

Suwanyangyuan, S., Hrazdil, K., and Simunic, D. Are the Big 4 audit firms homogeneous? Further evidence from audit pricing - The Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance Conference, Santiago, Chile, 2019.

Suwanyangyuan, S. Big 4 auditor choice and Reporting Attributes - Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA), Montreal, Quebec, 2017.

Suwanyangyuan, S. Big 4 Audit Firms: What's the difference? Using the evidence in reporting attributes of financial disclosure - Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2016.

Suwanyangyuan, S. Disclosure comprehensiveness and market efficiency: Evidence from the Toronto Stock Exchange - Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA), Toronto, Ontario, 2015.