“…However, the recent literature on examining pay contracts of executives has only focussed on the short-run phenomenon (Gulati et al, 2022;Adu et al, 2022;Owen and Temesvary, 2019;Olaniyi and Obembe, 2017;Słomka-Gołębiowska and Urbanek, 2016;Luo, 2015;Doucouliagos et al, 2007; for banking firms) and (Khursheed and Sheikh, 2022;Dias et al, 2020;Abdalkrim, 2019;Benkraiem et al, 2017;Pereira and Esperanc ¸a, 2015;Petra and Dorata, 2008;Nahar Abdullah, 2006;Pass, 2003;Elloumi and Gueyi e, 2001; among others for non-financial firms). There is currently no conclusive evidence from research that has assessed the connection between pay and performance using current or one-period lagged performance variables.…”