›› 2019, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (1): 62-70.

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Incentive Mechanism between 4PL and 3PL Considering Reciprocal Preference in Agricultural Product Supply Chain Finance

Xu Peng1, Wang Lei1, Fu Hongyong1, Chen Xiaoxu2   

  1. 1. China Research Institute of Enterprise Governed by Law, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing 401120;
    2. School of Economics and Management, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006
  • Received:2016-07-19 Online:2019-01-28 Published:2019-01-22

Abstract:

Agricultural product supply chain finance is the business expansion and theoretical extension of supply chain finance. Regarding principal-agent relationship between the fourth party logistics (4PLs) and the third party logistics (3PLs) as the research object, using the principal-agent theory, this paper constructs a non-profit index principal-agent model considering the reciprocal preference and studies the contract design between 4PLs and 3PLs from two aspects. Results show that 3PLs will increase some extra effort in return when 4PLs gives higher reward. When 4PLs offer the same extra fixed payment, and the stronger the sense of 3PLs' reciprocal preference is, the more 3PLs increases extra effort, the more profit 4PLs obtain.

Key words: agricultural product supply chain finance, third-party logistics (3PL), fourth-party logistics(4PL), incentive contract