“…First, there are studies focusing on the relationship between corporate governance or board characteristics and compensation policies (Lewellen et al, ; Zajac & Westphal, ; Conyon & Peck, ; Ryan & Wiggins, ; Hartzell & Starks, ; Conyon & He, ; Conyon, ; Ozkan, ; Laksmana, ; Petra & Dorata, ; Chhaochharia & Grinstein, ; Ozdemir & Upneja, .). Second, there are studies focusing on the relationship between compensation policies/incentives and firm performance, in both directions (Balafas & Florackis, ; Brick, Palmon, & Wald, ; Brown, Sturman, & Simmering, ; Cai, Jo, & Pan, ; Callan & Thomas, ; Coughlan & Schmidt, ; Kubo, ; Li, Yang, & Yu, ; Loomis, ; Mahoney & Thorne, ; McGuire, Dow, & Argheyd, ; Mehran, ; Raithatha & Komera, ). Third, there are studies analyzing the relationships among all the previous variables (Core, Holthausen, & Larcker, ; Lam, McGuinness, & Vieito, ).…”