摘要: Abstract Ittner, Lambert, and Larcker (J. Accounting Economics (2003) this issue) present compelling evidence that new economy firms rely more on stock-based compensation than do old firms, based 1998 1999 data from a proprietary sample of companies. I complement the ILL results by analyzing over longer time period (1992–2001) and, importantly, document effect 2000 market crash pay in firms. Finally, offer supporting conjecture differences practices between reflect accounting considerations, perceived costs, competitive inertia.