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Behavioral game and simulation analysis of extended producer responsibility system’s implementation under environmental regulations

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The implementation of the extended producer responsibility (EPR) for e-waste is an important measure to develop an ecological civilization. In order to advance manufacturing enterprises to effectively implement resource and environmental responsibility, this study investigates the main causes of environmental regulation failure from the perspective of government and enterprises. The game theory was used to establish an evolutionary game model between government regulatory departments and electronic and electrical products’ manufacturing enterprises. A system dynamic model was utilized to construct the stock-flow graph of the game between government and enterprises, and to carry out simulation analysis under different strategies. The results found that the probability of an enterprise undertaking extended responsibility gradually increased and stabilized with the increase of government supervision and punishment intensity; the government’s regulatory probability and punishment are important factors affecting the enterprises’ compliance with regulations and responsibilities. The study suggests that government should focus on strengthening environmental regulations from the aspects of improving laws and regulations, establishing a regular monitoring system and innovating incentive and constraint mechanism.

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The authors are grateful to the case company for permitting and supporting this research.

Funding

This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 71263040, 71850410541), the Key Projects of Philosophy and Social Science for Universities in Jiangsu (Nos. 2017ZDIXM119, 2017ZDTXM007), the Social Science Foundation of Jiangsu (Nos. 17GLD013, 17DDA007), HRSA, US DHHS (Grant No. H49MC00068); Startup Foundation for Introducing Talent of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST), People’s Republic of China (Grant No. 2017r101), Key project of meteorological soft science of China meteorological administration(2019ZDIANXM25), the Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (No. KYCX18_1041, No. SJKY19_0984), the Practical Innovation Training Program for College Students in Jiangsu Province (No. 201810300063Y), Key Project of National Social and Scientific Fund Program (16ZDA047), Project of National Social and Scientific Fund Program (17BGL142), and the open project of China Institute of Manufacturing Development (SK20180090-13).

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  1. China Institute of Manufacturing Development, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, People’s Republic of China

    Benhong Peng

  2. School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, People’s Republic of China

    Benhong Peng & Yuanyuan Wang

  3. School of Business, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, People’s Republic of China

    Ehsan Elahi

  4. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC, 28372, USA

    Guo Wei

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Peng, B., Wang, Y., Elahi, E. et al. Behavioral game and simulation analysis of extended producer responsibility system’s implementation under environmental regulations. Environ Sci Pollut Res 26, 17644–17654 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-05215-w

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