A two-stage remanufacturing reverse supply chain system composed of a manufacturer and a third-party collector
is considered. By modeling a third-party recycler transfer responsibility to the manufacturer through payments transfer ??, the
equilibrium solution of the six models is studied. Finally, the environmental effects and the significance of every model are
analyzed. The results show that the different decision maker of responsibility transfer factors ?? and the different upper limit of
the transfer factor ?? will result in different game results in various market structures; the degree of recovery difficulty ?? affects
the quantity of recovery; recovery performance is better when transfer factor ?? is determined by the third-party collector; the
manufacturer plays a positive role better than third-party recyclers in the cases of the two extreme power models.