The Trilateral Evolutionary Game of Agri-Food Quality in Farmer-Supermarket Direct Purchase: A Simulation Approach

Table 5

Initial values of parameters.

Variable	Parameter	Meaning	Initial value
	1	Farmers’ production cost to produce high-quality agri-food	1.000
		Farmers’ production cost to produce low-quality agri-food	0.500
		Wholesale price of high-quality agri-food	1.500
		Wholesale price of low-quality agri-food	1.200
		Retail price of high-quality agri-food	2.500
		Retail price of low-quality agri-food	2.250
		Consumers’ utility having high-quality agri-food	4.500
		Consumers’ utility having low-quality agri-food	−1.500
		Farmers’ indemnity for marketers with high-quality criteria	0.900
		Market premium for selling high-quality agri-food	0.475
		Compensation for selling low-quality agri-food	1.000
		Market premium shared by farmers	0.285
		Market premium shared by marketers	0.190
		Compensation assumed by farmers	0.600
		Compensation assumed by marketers	0.400