Interests Game And Incentive Mechanism Of The Main Body Of Recycling Used Household Appliances Under The System Of EPR

China is a big country which produces and consumes a lot of household appliances. With the fast development of science and technology and increase of people's living standard, the updating period of household appliances has been reduced day by day and a large number of household appliances are deserted every year. However, the present overall standard of recycling the used household appliances is quite low. The standard and effective recycling system and management mechanism haven't been set up. Thus, in face of large numbers of used household appliances, how to recycle the used household appliances harmlessly and resourcefully and boost the development of circular economy has become a serious problem which needs to be solved in the development of society and economy.In order to improve the recycling of the resources and protect the environment effectively, and to control the increase of the waste in the source, EPR system (Extended Producer Responsibility) is carried out in most OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries. In recent years China has been discussing and establishing relevant laws and rules based on EPR in order to boost the development of circular economy. Against this background, the dissertation studies interests game and incentive mechanism of the main body of recycling used household appliances under the system of EPR. The main focuses are as follows:How about the interactive relationship among the main bodies of recycling used household appliances (manufacturers, dealers or retailers, consumers, recycling enterprises, handling enterprises and government)? How to analyze the interests among the main recycling bodies quantitatively? How to divide the responsibility among the main bodies? How to establish the effective incentive mechanism to solve the contradiction among the main recycling bodies and improve the initiative of recycling used household appliances under the system of EPR.First, the dissertation reviews all the relevant literature home and abroad. It reviews the literature on the model of recycling used household appliances, the interests of main bodies and incentive mechanism of recycling. It points out the weakness in the study on the system of recycling used household appliances, the relationship among the main recycling bodies, the share of handling responsibility and the incentive system for the main recycling bodies. It also points out the research content and research method in the study.The advanced experiences of recycling used household appliances in advanced foreign countries should shed light on our country. The dissertation compares the different current situations of recycling used household appliances home and abroad from the perspective of policy stipulation, manufacturers' responsibility, paying mechanism and administrative institutions. It also points out that recycling used household appliances in China needs to be standardized urgently. Based on this, all the possible recycling models have been set up at the premise of standard recycling. These models are set up under three recycling models being in the charge of household appliances manufacturers, professional recycling enterprises and industrial alliance, considering different situations of sale ways and main recycling bodies concerned. Meanwhile, it points out three typical models under the system of EPR in the world:(1) manufacturers in charge of recycling:MDC-CM and MDC-CDM in the case of distribution; MC-CM in the case of direct sale; (2) professional recycling enterprises in charge of recycling:MDC-C(TP)R and MDC-CR in the case of distribution; (3) MDC-CA in the case of distribution.It is vital to define properly the responsibility of respective main bodies involved shared at the stage of recycling used household appliances in order to implement the system of EPR in the field of home appliances. The dissertation corresponds the interests allocation rate of the main bodies in the channels to the different extent of participation in the channels. The continuum of different cooperative relationship at different levels from 0 to 1 is set up through constraining the extent of the main bodies'participation in the channels. Meanwhile, the choice between 0 and 1 indicates whether the manufacturers outsource the recycling business or not. For such typical models as MDC-CM, MDC-CDM, MC-CM, MDC-C(TP)R, MDC-CR and MDC-CA, based on Stackelberg's Game Theory, the mathematic model which includes distribution, direct sale and different extent of recycling has been set up under certain assumptions. It analyzes quantitatively the interests game relationship among different main bodies concerned in different models. It also defines the responsibility rate shouldered by different main bodies in recycling used household appliances according to beneficiary-pay rule and the rule that responsibility, right and duty are equal to each other. At the same time, it illustrates the model of MDC-CDM. The result indicates that with the change of the main bodies in recycling used household appliances and the change of manufacturers'participation in the channels, the interests allocation rate among the main bodies, outer environment cost afforded and the responsibility rate in the recycling will change. However, considering the manufacturing enterprises are the most direct and critical enterprises in carrying out the system of EPR and the competition among the enterprises is multidimensional, it uses Multidimensional Game Theory to analyze the effects of EPR on manufacturing enterpeises'market interests with active and passive attitudes.On the basis of above results of quantitative analysis, the value of people first, the idea of rights change, and the differences of main bodies involved in recycling. Based on these and combined with the foregoing quantitative analysis results, differentiated incentive mechanism of such main recycling bodies as manufacturers, distributors, consumers, recycling enterprises and handling enterprises has been set up through analyzing the difference among different main recycling bodies and analyzing the psychological and behavioral effects of economic and noneconomic factors on the subjects motivated.Finally, it summarizes the research, points out the main innovation in the research and sheds light on the future research in the relevant field.The research results will promote the standard development of recycling logistics of used household appliances in China and provide some enlightening ideas and methods, thus they are significant in both theory and practice.