Influence of Industry-University Cooperation on Economic Development: A Mathematical Statistical Analysis

Table 1

Description and data sources for each variable.

Variable	Indicator	Symbol	Data source
Economic growth	Nighttime light	NL	https://ngdc.noaa.gov
Industry-university cooperation	R&D funds of universities and institutes come from enterprises	IUC	China science and technology statistical yearbook
Technological innovation	Number of granted patents	TI	China science and technology statistical yearbook
Capital input	The amount of fixed asset investment	CI	China statistical yearbook and compilation of statistics material of 60 years of new China
Labor input	Number of employees	LI	Statistical yearbooks by province
Foreign investment	Actually utilized FDI	FI	WIND database