Dear all,
i hope that you are doing good


i am getting a bit confused and i would like to know if the threshold variable plays the same role of of the moderator variable in a linear regression ?

for example , in my work i have studied the following relationships:
  1. impact of financial constraints on CEO stock option using a threshold model
  2. impact of CEO stock option on Risk taking using quantile regression
  3. impact of financial constraints on risk taking using threshold model
then i have studied the moderated role of CEO stock option in the relationship between financial constraints and risk taking using threshold model.
( here, CEO stock options is the threshold variable). is this conceptually correct ? ( because using linear regression, mediation would be appropriated, not moderation)

Stay safe,
SEDKI