Table 5 Variable importance based on the RF model.

From: What drives intercity venture capital investment? A comparative analysis between multiple linear regression and random forest

Variables

%IncMSE

GDP

28.500

IPO

24.664

VCF

21.875

University

14.997

Marketization

13.331

Baidu_Index

11.752

HTIZ

8.589

DIS_Center

8.055

  1. Variables are presented in descending order of the values of %IncMSE.