Research Article
Decisions and Coordination of Dual-Channel Supply Chain considering Retailers’ Bidirectional Fairness Concerns under Carbon Tax Policy
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| | Carbon tax rate imposed by the government | | The basic carbon emission per unit product produced | | The marginal carbon emission reduction | | Input cost coefficient of carbon emission reduction | | The wholesale price of the product | | Manufacturer’s production cost | | Potential market size | | The sensitivity of consumers to product’s prices | | Consumers’ channel preference for online retailer | | Cost coefficient of retailers’ service | | Retail prices that consumers pay online and offline retailers | | Demand functions of products in online and offline retail channels | | The service level provided by online and offline retailers to consumers | | Fairness concern coefficient among horizontal supply chain members | | Fairness concern coefficient among vertical supply chain members | | The transfer coefficient of consumers’ demand to the difference in service levels | | Manufacturer’s profit, online retailer’s profit, and offline retailer’s profit | | Manufacturer’s utility, online retailer’s utility, and offline retailer’s utility |
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