Research Article

Impact of the Business Structure on Solvency of Property-Liability Insurance Companies and Its Mediating Effect

Table 4

Mediating effect test of profitability based on the stepwise regression method.

VariablesSmall Chinese-fundedForeign-funded
RoaSolvencyRoaSolvency
(1)(2)(3)(4)

Roa121.422175.666
(0.684)(1.171)

Nonauto0.004160.2850.067269.925
(0.101)(3.908)(1.701)(4.022)

Size0.0940.0440.05350.830
(7.469)(0.002)(4.563)(1.936)

Loss0.062−92.206−0.0153.051
(1.691)(−2.327)(−1.961)(0.262)

Lev−0.047−92.620−0.120−65.867
(−1.352)(−2.343)(−3.593)(−1.011)

Geodiv−0.0734.2060.031−131.055
(−1.738)(0.085)(0.977)(−2.241)

Invest0.049−6.1240.04671.231
(1.483)(−0.153)(1.157)(0.909)

GDP−0.0004.7610.005−4.059
(−0.063)(0.798)(0.842)(−0.464)

Interest−0.0128.173−0.004−7.559
(−1.723)(1.054)(−0.643)(−0.742)

Constant−0.691−22.829−0.459−416.230
(−5.795)(−0.138)(−4.375)(−1.776)

Sample size10493155115

Note. (1) means , means , and means . (2) Below the estimated coefficient () is a robust standard error.