Table 3

Comparison of various CEO pay series

Year EPI options realized definition EPI options granted definition Frydman/Jenter WSJ series realized direct compensation Bebchuk/ Grinstein Lazonick
1992 3.2 2.7 2.5 3.5 15.2
1993 3.4 3.0 2.7 3.0 14.3
1994 2.8 3.8 3.4 3.7 12.7
1995 3.8 4.2 3.8 3.0 4.1 14.7
1996 5.0 5.9 5.7 6.1 23.3
1997 7.7 7.9 7.1 8.1 32.6
1998 11.7 11.1 9.1 9.7 58.5
1999 10.5 11.1 9.7 8.4 11.8 53.4
2000 14.9 15.3 14.0 10.5 16.7 83.2
2001 8.5 13.2 12.3 8.6 14.1 51.2
2002 7.7 9.9 9.5 5.5 10.3 31.3
2003 10.0 9.8 8.9 7.2 9.3 41.3
2004 11.3 10.3 9.8 9.6 47.9
2005 13.7 10.9 10.1 11.0 60.3
2006 15.8 11.3 11.1 11.8 63.1
2007 16.5 11.5 10.7 12.3 57.4
2008 12.2 11.1 10.3 11.1 39.2
2009 9.6 9.2 8.9 29.6
2010 11.7 10.7 12.0 33.8

Note: All numbers are in millions of nominal dollars.

Source: Compustat, Wall Street Journal, Frydman and Jenter (2010), Bebchuk and Grinstein (2005), and Lazonick (2011)

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