Mediator

Variable

Mediating

Path

Indirect

Effect

Bootstrap

S.E.

95% Confidence Interval

Normal-Based

Bias-Corrected

MER

Degree -› R&D

−0.000395

0.000358

[−0.001097, 0.000306]

[−0.001087, 0.000318]

Degree -› ln(1 + Apply)

0.002638

0.001561

[−0.000422, 0.005698]

[0.000412, 0.006794]

SA Index

Degree -› R&D

0.000240

0.000100

[0.000045, 0.000435]

[0.000055, 0.000457]

Degree -› ln(1 + Apply)

0.017369

0.008286

[0.001128, 0.033610]

[0.000459, 0.033208]