Table 2.
Variable definition and description.
| Variable definitions | Variable description |
|---|---|
| y 1 | Bank's ending income |
| C 0 | Dealer's own funds |
| r | Bank loan interest rate |
| U | Supplier sales price |
| C | Supplier production cost |
| V | Unit residual value of products purchased by suppliers (v ≦ u) |
| P | Dealer sales price |
| Q | Dealer order quantity |
| D | Market demand faced by dealers |
| g k | The unit penalty cost of goodwill caused by the dealer's shortage |
| K | Fee income from services provided by banks (fixed value) |
| T | The sum of other related costs and risks borne by banks under the traditional supply chain |
| t | The sum of other related costs and risks borne by banks under supply chain finance (t < T) |