本研究主要針對影響董監酬勞與會計(市場)績效關聯性之因素進行探討。在現代公司之經營管理架構中，係由股東在股東大會選出代表進入董事會，由董事會成員選出主要執行業務經營之人，並代理所有投資人監督及管理經營層。換言之，相對於經理人，董事會成員為股東最為直接之代理人。因此，本研究認為董事會成員為外部股東最直接之代理人，故以董監酬勞為分析對象，從公司治理之角度，以股權結構(如是屬於家族控制企業、董監持股、外部大股東持股等)及董事會特性(獨立董監席次比率、董事是否兼任經理人、董事長是否兼任總經理)等相關變數，探討其對於董監酬勞與會計、市場績效間關聯性之影響。 實證結果顯示，家族企業與公司經理人兼任董事會職位時，會提升董監酬勞與績效間之關聯性；董監持股比例愈高、外部大股東持股比例愈高、獨立董監席次比例越高及董事長兼任總經理時，會降低董監酬勞與績效間之關聯性。 / This study argues that members of corporate boards are the most direct delegate of external shareholders. Agency problem may exist between board members and external shareholders. Using a sample of firms listed in Taiwan Securities Exchange Corporation and Gre Tai Securities Market over 1996-2005, this study empirically examines the effect of ownership and board structures on the compensation of board members. This study expects that the pay-performance sensitivity of board compensation is weakened when a strong monitoring mechanism is in place. Using return on assets as the measures for performance, the primary empirical results show that family-controlled firms and firms with representation of executive directors illustrate higher pay-performance sensitivity. On the contrary, firms with higher shareholdings by board members and by outside block holders, and firms with representation of independent board members demonstrate lower pay-performance sensitivity.

Submitted by Paula Florência Almeida de Amorim Gomes (contabilista.paula@gmail.com) on 2018-04-25T02:19:04Z No. of bitstreams: 2 A RELAÇÃO ENTRE CONSERVADORISMO CONTÁBIL E PAY-PERFORMANCE SENSITIVITY EVIDÊNCIAS DO MERCADO BRASILEIRO.PAULA AMORIM GOMES.pdf: 1699379 bytes, checksum: 7fbe80fd1e732bf3cac807e0f2b55c8d (MD5) A RELAÇÃO ENTRE CONSERVADORISMO CONTÁBIL E PAY-PERFORMANCE SENSITIVITY EVIDÊNCIAS DO MERCADO BRASILEIRO.PAULA AMORIM GOMES.pdf: 1699379 bytes, checksum: 7fbe80fd1e732bf3cac807e0f2b55c8d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marivalda Araujo (masilva@ufba.br) on 2018-04-25T14:34:51Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 A RELAÇÃO ENTRE CONSERVADORISMO CONTÁBIL E PAY-PERFORMANCE SENSITIVITY EVIDÊNCIAS DO MERCADO BRASILEIRO.PAULA AMORIM GOMES.pdf: 1699379 bytes, checksum: 7fbe80fd1e732bf3cac807e0f2b55c8d (MD5) A RELAÇÃO ENTRE CONSERVADORISMO CONTÁBIL E PAY-PERFORMANCE SENSITIVITY EVIDÊNCIAS DO MERCADO BRASILEIRO.PAULA AMORIM GOMES.pdf: 1699379 bytes, checksum: 7fbe80fd1e732bf3cac807e0f2b55c8d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-25T14:34:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 A RELAÇÃO ENTRE CONSERVADORISMO CONTÁBIL E PAY-PERFORMANCE SENSITIVITY EVIDÊNCIAS DO MERCADO BRASILEIRO.PAULA AMORIM GOMES.pdf: 1699379 bytes, checksum: 7fbe80fd1e732bf3cac807e0f2b55c8d (MD5) A RELAÇÃO ENTRE CONSERVADORISMO CONTÁBIL E PAY-PERFORMANCE SENSITIVITY EVIDÊNCIAS DO MERCADO BRASILEIRO.PAULA AMORIM GOMES.pdf: 1699379 bytes, checksum: 7fbe80fd1e732bf3cac807e0f2b55c8d (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia - FAPESB / Um conjunto de estudos recentes aponta a relevância do conservadorismo contábil na formulação de contratos de incentivo aos executivos. As evidências de fortes correlações entre conservadorismo contábil e os indicadores de pay-performance sensitivity corroboram com a ideia de que o conservadorismo contábil é demandado pelas empresas como um meio de lidar com problemas de conflitos de agência, tais como como a miopia gerencial e o gerenciamento de resultados. Neste sentido, o presente estudo investiga a correlação entre o conservadorismo contábil condicional e a pay-performance sensitivity nas empresas que vinculam formalmente a remuneração variável de seus executivos ao desempenho contábil. A amostra contém 474 observações referentes a 131 empresas listadas na BMF&Bovespa, no período de 2011 a 2016. Para atingir o objetivo proposto, foi empregada uma regressão com dados em painel por meio de um modelo empírico que captura a relação entre o conservadorismo contábil e a pay-performance sensitivity. As variáveis do estudo foram extraídas dos dados da remuneração de executivos e das demonstrações contábeis destas empresas que são divulgados no Formulário de Referência e no Economática®, respectivamente. Os resultados da pesquisa indicam que as empresas brasileiras que fornecem incentivos de curto prazo aos seus executivos não apresentam relação entre o conservadorismo contábil condicional e a pay-performance sensitivity. Complementarmente, foram realizados testes adicionais empregando-se outras medidas de desempenho contábil no modelo de regressão, uma análise da pay-performance sensitivity por meio do modelo de Jensen e Murphy (1990) e uma análise do conservadorismo condicional da amostra, através do modelo de Basu (1997). Os resultados são robustos para diferentes indicadores de desempenho contábil, como retorno sobre os ativos – ROA e retorno sobre o patrimônio líquido - ROE, mesmo submetendo-os a diversas variáveis de controle. Com a análise da pay-performance sensitivity das empresas pode-se verificar que a remuneração dos executivos não apresentou sensibilidade tanto em relação às medidas de desempenho contábil, quanto ao retorno das ações. Os resultados mostram que quanto maiores os índices de MTB (market-to-book) maior é a remuneração dos executivos. No entanto, a remuneração mostrou uma relação inversa com a alavancagem financeira e governança corporativa. Também não foi detectado nível de conservadorismo contábil que indique sua presença nas demonstrações contábeis da amostra, o que sustenta os resultados encontrados para a hipótese do estudo. Portanto, pode-se perceber que mesmo com o uso generalizado de pagamento de bônus e participações e das evidências de gerenciamento de resultados, as empresas brasileiras não apresentam o conservadorismo contábil como mecanismo de monitoramento de seus contratos de incentivo, expondo-as aos riscos de oportunismo gerencial, contabilidade agressiva, e redução da qualidade da informação dos relatórios financeiros. Diante deste ambiente institucional, estas evidências podem indicar um alerta para os órgãos reguladores de normas contábeis e para as empresas do mercado brasileiro com relação à necessidade de se implantar mecanismos de eficiência contratual, como o conservadorismo contábil, no desenho de contratos de incentivo mais eficientes e equilibrados. / A number of recent studies point to the relevance of accounting conservatism in the formulation of incentive contracts to executives. Evidence of strong correlations between accounting conservatism and pay-performance sensitivity indicators corroborates the idea that accounting conservatism is demanded by firms as a means of dealing with problems of agency conflicts such as ex post settling up problem and management earnings. In this sense, the present study investigates the correlation between conditional accounting conservatism and pay-performance sensitivity for companies that formally based variable remuneration of their executives to accounting performance. The sample contains 474 observations referring to 131 companies listed on the BMF & Bovespa between 2011 and 2016. To achieve the proposed objective, a regression with panel data was employed through an empirical model that captures the relationship between accounting conservatism and pay-performance sensitivity. The study variables were extracted from the executive compensation data and the financial statements of these companies that are disclosed in the Form 20F and Economática®, respectively. The results of the research indicate that Brazilian companies that provide short-term incentives plans to their executives have no relation between conditional accounting conservatism and pay-performance sensitivity. In addition, additional tests were performed using other measures of accounting performance in the regression model, a performance-based pay-sensitivity analysis using the model of Jensen and Murphy (1990) and an analysis of conditional conservatism of the sample, using the model of Basu (1997). The results are robust for different accounting performance indicators, such as return on assets - ROA and return on equity - ROE, even by subjecting them to several control variables. With the analysis of the pay-performance sensitivity of the companies, it can be verified that the executives' compensation was not sensitive both to the measures of accounting performance and to the return of shares. The results show that the higher the MTB (market-to-book) indices the higher the executive compensation. However, the remuneration showed an inverse relationship with financial leverage and corporate governance. We also did not detect degrees of accounting conservatism that indicate its presence in the financial statements of the sample, which supports the results found for the hypothesis of the study. Therefore, it can be seen that, even with the generalized use of bonuses and participations and evidence of results management, Brazilian companies do not present accounting conservatism as a mechanism for monitoring their incentive contracts, exposing them to risks managerial opportunism, aggressive accounting, and reduced quality of financial reporting. In view of this institutional environment, this evidence may indicate an alert for accounting standards regulators and companies in the Brazilian market, regarding the need to implement contractual efficiency mechanisms, such as accounting conservatism, for the design of incentive contracts more efficient and balanced.

Orientation: CEO remuneration has attracted attention over the past two decades, with significant renewed interest in light of the role it is said to have played in contributing to the global financial crisis. At the heart of the issue is the perceived weak relationship between corporate performance and CEO remuneration.Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between corporate performance and CEO remuneration within the South African financial services industry.Motivation for the study: The motivation for the study was to develop a deeper understanding of the relationship within the South African context, as South African banks have remained stable and profitable through the financial crisis.Research design approach and method: The research was a quantitative, archival study, conducted over a six year time period. The primary statistical techniques used in the study included: bivariate regression analysis, multiple regression analysis, and analysis of variance.Main findings/results: The primary finding was that the relationship between corporate performance and CEO remuneration is favourable (moderate to strong), but has experienced a decline. This finding emphasises the impact that macroeconomic trends have on the relationship and the role of managerial power during periods of economic uncertainty.The research further describes the structural changes in CEO remuneration with a shift away from variable pay.Practical managerial implications: The results suggest that the use of discretion and the growing impact of managerial power will be key challenges that iii remuneration committees will face in maintaining a favourable relationship between the two constructs in the future.Contribution/value add: The study provides context to CEO remuneration within a South African framework. It further provides provides a key insight that the relationship between corporate performance and CEO pay is highly dependent on the macroeconomic environment, and that CEO pay in the South African financial services is experiencing structural changes. / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / unrestricted

This thesis aims to examine what impact the Covid-19 pandemic has on the pay-performance relationship. This study performs an OLS regression analysis of total CEO compensation on accounting and market-based firm performance for 2017-2020 using 233 Swedish listed firms. The results could not find a positive relationship between total CEO compensation and firm performance during 2017-2020. The findings rather indicate that Swedish CEOs are rewarded for failure. Moreover, the results could not find support for a weaker pay-performance sensitivity. These results contribute to the existing research by giving insights into the effects of financial distress on the pay-performance relationship in Sweden.

本研究主要針對影響高階經理人酬勞與盈餘品質關聯性之因素進行探討。當會計績效指標在薪酬契約中的角色因為過度的操弄而受到爭議時，公司管理當局是否會為了緩和經理人的短視行為，而加入盈餘品質的考慮因素，調整會計績效指標於薪酬契約中的重要性。另外本研究從公司治理之角度，以股權結構(機構投資人持股、外部大股東持股、董監事持股持押比例、經理人是否同時為董事會成員、董事長是否兼任總經理與股份盈餘偏離倍數)相關變數，探討其對於高階經理人酬勞與盈餘品質間關聯性之影響。 實證結果顯示，外部大股東持股比例越多，對於高階經理人酬勞與盈餘品質間的關聯性越重視；而經理人同時擔任董事會成員、董事長兼任總經理與股份盈餘偏離倍數越大的公司，會降低高階經理人酬勞與盈餘品質間的關聯性。

本研究從家族治理、機構投資人持股、董事會組成、董事會效能之角度探討公司治理機制對企業績效與董監薪酬之影響。家族治理方面，家族持股愈多，企業績效愈好，但家族參與經營程度愈高，企業績效卻愈差；而家族治理下，董監薪酬水準、薪酬績效連結性均較低。機構投資者方面，本國金融機構持股愈高，企業績效愈高。董事會組成方面，董事長兼總經理下，企業績效較差、董監薪酬績效連結性較低，而執行董事、獨立董監席次比例愈高，企業績效、董監薪酬績效連結性均愈高；董事長兼總經理下及執行董事席次比例愈高時，董監薪酬水準愈低，而獨立董監席次比例愈高，董監薪酬水準愈高。董事會效能方面，正常營運下之企業，董事會開會次數愈多、出席率愈高，企業績效均提升；董事會出席率愈高，董監薪酬水準、薪酬績效連結性均愈高。 / The study uses family governance, institutional ownership, board structure, and board activities to empirically investigate the influence of corporate governance on firm performance and board compensation. Empirical result shows that the firm performance is higher when family ownership, institutional ownership, executive directors, independent board members, and board activities increase, and that the firm performance is lower when family involvement increase and when chairman and CEO is the same person. In addition, the board compensation is higher when independent board members and board activities increase, and the board compensation are lower when family governance, institutional ownership, executive directors increase and when chairman and CEO is the same person. Moreover, the pay-performance sensitivity is higher when institutional ownership, executive directors, independent board members, and board activities increase, and the pay-performance sensitivity is lower when family governance increase and when chairman and CEO is the same person.

Purpose: To critically investigate the effect/impact the implementation of both team and individual based pay has when responses are measured in terms of teamworking, job satisfaction, culture and commitment in 2 Nigerian financial institutions. Design/methodology/approach: The study presents the first empirical case-study research carried out in Nigeria. The data are based on 2 Nigerian financial institutions surveys from 2002 to 2006. The analysis addresses the impact of the introduction of PRP within these institutions. Questionnaires were sent out to the 226 employees. Interviews and focus groups were also carried out with both managers and employees across both organisations. Findings: The findings indicate the importance of valence for monetary incentives, the instrumentality of performance for the monetary incentives and clear individual and group objectives for improving performance. On the basis of the analysis of the data from employees covered by the scheme, the results suggests that there are clear indications that it has raised motivational levels, though employees prefer working with individual performance related pay than in teams, but would not mind working in teams if it is linked to a reward, but the responses indicate that individual performance related pay has damaged the concept of team working. The results indicated a positive link of PRP having a positive effect with employees on higher grade levels; this result support other results from a number of earlier UK studies. The results also indicate that the introduction of PRP can enhance culture change and enhanced performance but may not ultimately lead to commitment from employees. The findings also indicate a positive link between PRP, improved individual and organisational performance, change in culture and job satisfaction. Though the research indicates positive outcomes from one organisation it also indicates negative outcomes from the other organisation. Why would that occur, as both organisations operate the same form of individual PRP? It leads the researcher to conclude that PRP must be modified to take into account the cultural (national & organisational) implications of the transference western management practices into non-western organisations. The research finishes by listing out implications for management and recommendations. Research limitations: As this study utilises data from Nigerian financial institutions only, its results cannot be generalised to other sectors and countries characterised by different cultures and contexts. However, what is critical though is that the approach used to finding these results can be applied in a wide variety of situations, thus enabling the examination of external validity. ORIGINALITY/VALUE – This study is one of the first to explore the effect/impact of the introduction of performance related pay in Nigerian financial institutions and reflecting on the historic cultural context of gift giving and culture within organisations and the impact this has on the success or failure of PRP schemes. It also provides a new empirical evidence on the use of performance related pay. The results also show a link between the introduction of performance related pay and a change in the psychological contract from a relational contract to a transactional psychological contract, where commitment (bought) and loyalty is based on the monetary aspects of the relationship. The results supports an interpretation of incentive pay as motivated by expectancy theory and provides new evidence on the relationship between the success of performance related and its use by employees as a bargaining tool for salary increases and new job roles. Its implications should be of interest to human resource managers when designing reward strategies for their organisations.

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本研究旨在探討公司規模及產業競爭對CEO現金薪酬與股票報酬敏感性之影響。根據Leone et al. (2006)之研究，認為依未實現利得而給付之現金薪酬將產生事後交割成本，未實現損失可能遞延CEO之決策責任。由於未實現損益可反映至股票報酬上，因此有效率的現金薪酬契約對含有未實現利得之正股票報酬的敏感性低於含有未實現損失之負股票報酬，顯示現金薪酬與正、負股票報酬之敏感性呈現不對稱關係。本研究以此文獻作延伸，探究CEO現金薪酬與股票報酬之敏感關聯性及其不對稱性關係是否受公司規模與產業競爭之影響。 以ExecuComp資料庫2000年至2009年的CEO現金薪酬樣本進行迴歸分析，結果發現公司規模愈大，現金薪酬對市場績效之敏感性愈大，顯示為避免CEO從事會計盈餘管理，公司現金薪酬之給付更著重於市場績效之衡量；產業競爭方面，產業競爭愈激烈，現金薪酬與市場績效之敏感性愈小，符合風險差異化假說。關於CEO現金薪酬與正、負股票報酬敏感性之不對稱關係，實證結果顯示大規模公司及產業競爭程度較高者對CEO決策之審慎性更加要求，因此CEO現金薪酬與正、負股票報酬敏感性之不對稱的差距愈大。 / This study investigates the effect of firm size and industry competition on the asymmetric sensitivity of CEO cash compensation to the stock returns. Leone et al. (2006) shows that since stock returns include both unrealized gains and losses, cash compensation would be less sensitive to stock returns when returns contains unrealized gains (positive returns) than when returns contain unrealized losses (negative returns). As an extension, this study examines whether firm size and industry competition affect the sensitivity of cash compensation to market performance and the asymmetry of sensitivity of cash compensation to stock returns. Based on the CEO cash compensation during 2000 and 2009 from ExecuComp database, the empirical results show that the firm size has positive effect on sensitivity of cash compensation to market performance while the industry competition has negative effect. Moreover, the asymmetry of sensitivity of CEO cash compensation to stock returns increases as firm size and industry competition increase.

Il presente contributo esamina il consiglio d’amministrazione delle società aventi azioni quotate in Borsa Italiana, e le retribuzioni destinate ai suoi membri, alla luce delle numerose innovazioni dell’ordinamento giuridico italiano e seguendo quella linea di analisi recentemente proposta dalla letteratura avente alla propria base l’idea che gli amministratori possono influenzare a proprio vantaggio i termini del pay-package loro corrisposto. A tal fine l’elaborato presenta una struttura articolata in due parti, nella prima delle quali viene fornita una visione organica dell’assetto istituzionale in cui l’analisi empirica, prodotta nella seconda, trova il proprio presupposto. Più specificatamente, la prima parte della tesi fornisce un’analisi giuridico-finanziaria della figura dell’amministratore (Capitolo 1) e del consiglio d’amministrazione (Capitolo 2), che risulta, oltre che assente in letteratura, quantomai attuale alla luce delle numerose e recenti riforme normative introdotte in materia. La normativa primaria, costituita dagli articoli del codice civile riguardanti gli amministratori ed i sistemi d’amministrazione e controllo (libro V, sezione VI bis, del Codice Civile) e dalle disposizioni contenute nel T.U.F., va oggi infatti completata con le nuove disposizioni contabili derivanti dall’applicazione degli IAS, ed in particolare dell’IFRS2, con le novità introdotte dalla cosiddetta Nuova Legge sul Risparmio (D. L. n. 262/2006), con le linee di comportamento descritte nella terza versione del Codice di Autodisciplina (Best Practice Code, 2006), con le prescrizioni di tipo previdenziale e fiscale contenute nelle Leggi "Finanziaria" del 2006 e del 2007, nonché con le novità in materia di governance bancaria volute da Mario Draghi (emanate a Marzo di quest’anno ma da recepire entro il 30 Giugno 2009). La seconda parte dell’elaborato, prendendo spunto dai diversi approcci utilizzati in letteratura (Capitolo 3), e con riferimento al contesto italiano, fornisce invece un’analisi empirica del sistema di compenso applicato agli amministratori. Dapprima è tracciata, relativamente al periodo indagato (1999-2006), la dinamica temporale della ricchezza distribuita ai propri amministratori dalle società italiane. Successivamente viene fornita una stima dell’intensità degli incentivi impliciti nei directors’ pay-packages (i.e. pay-performance sensitivity), unitamente ad una analisi delle determinanti che ne sono alla base. L’ipotesi che guida tale parte del lavoro è che in un contesto caratterizzato da proprietà concentrata, a causa della capacità dell’azionista di maggioranza di estrarre risorse dalla società, è ragionevole presumere che gli amministratori risultino destinatari di una remunerazione meno sensibile alle performances dell’impresa e tendenzialmente più elevata. Più semplicemente la questione che viene posta è se gli amministratori scontano la possibilità d’espropriazione, componendo convenientemente il proprio pacchetto di compenso. I risultati ottenuti confermano la validità dell’impianto d’ipotesi proposto ed evidenziano che la qualità della corporate governance è la variabile chiave. Le imprese dotate di un efficace ed efficiente governo societario riescono a controllare il processo di formazione delle remuneration policies impedendone manipolazioni opportunistiche. Le imprese caratterizzate da weak corporate governance risultano invece non solo incapaci di attuare politiche retributive volte alla massimizzazione del valore d’impresa, ma anche esposte all’estrazione di risorse da parte dei propri amministratori. / What the largest corporation pay their top managers is one of the most analyzed topics in corporate finance since Jensen and Murphy, 1990. As they noted (Jensen and Murphy 2004), a well-designed remuneration package for executives attracts the right executives at the lowest cost; retains them at the lowest cost (i.e. encourage the right executives to leave the firm at the appropriate time); and motivates executives to take actions that create long-run shareholder value and avoid actions that destroy value. However, several recent studies have shown that the characteristics of real world compensation contracts rarely meet their counterparts in compensation contracting theory because of the executives’ capability to influence the terms of their compensation package to their personal advantage. For example, Yermack (1997) provides evidence that executives influence timing of their stock option awards, receiving at-the money options just prior to releasing news that increases company stock prices. Bebchuk, Fried, and Walker (2002) and Bebchuk and Fried (2003, 2004) argue that the practice of granting options at-the-money (rather than out-of-the-money or with exercise prices indexed to market movements) reflects the influence of rent-seeking managers trying to maximize their compensation in ways that are largely camouflaged to investors and the public. Going ahead, others empirical research give proofs that the executives’ power to influence their pay package is stronger when shareholders are diffuse and more passive (Bertrand and Mullainathan, 2001), and when the corporate governance is weaker (Garvey and Milbourn, 2006; Harford and Li, 2007). At the same time, the expropriation literature shown that dominant shareholders, especially in firms with poor corporate governance (Klapper and Love, 2004; Durnev and Kim, 2005; Dahya, Dimitrov and McConnell, 2008) and in countries with weak legal protection (La Porta, Lopez-de-Silanes, Shleifer and Vishny, 2002; Claessens, Djankov, Fan and Lang, 2002; Durnev and Kim, 2005), are able to divert resources from others shareholders to himself for personal consumption. Since expropriation implies fewer resources assignable to marginal shareholder, the firms which are ex ante more likely to be expropriated, trade at discounted valuations. Despite the considerable empirical evidence on the costs bore both by the dominant shareholder and by the minorities in case of expropriation, the literature doesn’t provide evidence of the cost supported by directors. Expropriation, in fact, represents, ex ante, a cost also for directors. First, it’s a direct cost which negatively affects the expected overall compensation rewarded, when directors have part of their remuneration which is tied to company’s performances. Since expropriation is a net loss for the company, which leads to a correspondent fall in the company market valuation, the closer is the alignment of directors’ interests with those of shareholders, the bigger is this cost. Second, since directors have to perceive the maximization of shareholders’ wealth (i.e. avoid loss of it), expropriation should affect negatively the director’s reputation capital. This work examines the director’s compensation in firms which are more likely to be expropriated by their dominant shareholders. In essence, the question I address is whether directors discount the expropriation’s possibility, setting up conveniently their compensation’s contract. I explore this issue using a sample of directors’ compensation data of Italian Listed firms made up over the period 1999-2006. The case of Italian Listed companies is of particular interest for several concomitant reasons. First, Italian firms have been historically more prone to choosing a closely-held ownership structure characterized by a wide separation between ownership and control (Johnson, La Porta, Lopez de Silanes and Shleifer, 2000; Faccio and Lang, 2002; Volpin, 2002; and Barontini and Caprio, 2006; Mengoli, Pazzaglia, and Sapienza, 2006). Second, Italy is a country where the low protection of minority shareholders allows controlling shareholder to extract a considerable amount of private benefits (Bigelli and Mengoli, 2004; McCahery and Vermeulen, 2004; and Bigelli, Merhotra and Rau, 2006). Finally, Italy is a country where the high dominant shareholder’s capability to replace directors and where the low efficiency of the job-market of directors, provide narrowed incentives to directors in order to effective monitoring dominant shareholder’s actions (Barontini and Caprio, 2002; Volpin, 2002). Overall, results confirm the testable hypotheses, and provide evidence of the key-role exerted by corporate governance. Firms with strong corporate governance are able to monitor the compensation policies creation process avoiding opportunistic manipulation. On the opposite, firms with weak system of corporate governance seem unable to implement compensation policies directed at the firm value maximization, and, going ahead, seem to be expropriated also by theirs directors.