The economics of luckiness: How crazy are Malaysian Chinese towards car plate number "8"?
The Chinese society is well-known for its obsession towards number “8”.Eight is the luckiest number to the Chinese as its pronunciation resembles the meaning of prosperity, wealth or fortune. Prior research estimating the marginal effect of “8” on winning bid prices of car plate numbers attributes t...
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| author | Lim, Hock Eam Wong, Woei Chyuan Abdullah, Nur Adiana Hiau |
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| description | The Chinese society is well-known for its obsession towards number “8”.Eight is the luckiest number to the Chinese as its pronunciation resembles the meaning of prosperity, wealth or fortune. Prior research estimating the marginal effect of “8” on winning bid prices of car plate numbers attributes the positive impact of “8” on bid prices to superstitious value. However, the estimated positive effect could also be attributed to Veblen goods and future resale consideration. Thus, an upward bias might exist in prior research’s estimation. This study aimed to circumvent this issue by comparing the marginal effect of all “8” car plate numbers of Malaysian Chinese bidders and their non-Chinese counterparts who are neutral towards number “8”. Descriptive statistics results reveal that the majority of all “8” plates are won by Chinese bidders. However, regression results reveal that Chinese bidders have a lower estimated marginal effect of number eight than their non-Chinese counterparts. This implies that while number “8” is popular among the Chinese, this popularity does not translate into higher bidding prices. These findings suggest the roles of Veblen goods and future resale consideration should not be ignored in estimating the superstitious value in car plate numbers. |
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| spelling | uum-249482018-10-15T02:28:26Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/24948/ The economics of luckiness: How crazy are Malaysian Chinese towards car plate number "8"? Lim, Hock Eam Wong, Woei Chyuan Abdullah, Nur Adiana Hiau HD28 Management. Industrial Management The Chinese society is well-known for its obsession towards number “8”.Eight is the luckiest number to the Chinese as its pronunciation resembles the meaning of prosperity, wealth or fortune. Prior research estimating the marginal effect of “8” on winning bid prices of car plate numbers attributes the positive impact of “8” on bid prices to superstitious value. However, the estimated positive effect could also be attributed to Veblen goods and future resale consideration. Thus, an upward bias might exist in prior research’s estimation. This study aimed to circumvent this issue by comparing the marginal effect of all “8” car plate numbers of Malaysian Chinese bidders and their non-Chinese counterparts who are neutral towards number “8”. Descriptive statistics results reveal that the majority of all “8” plates are won by Chinese bidders. However, regression results reveal that Chinese bidders have a lower estimated marginal effect of number eight than their non-Chinese counterparts. This implies that while number “8” is popular among the Chinese, this popularity does not translate into higher bidding prices. These findings suggest the roles of Veblen goods and future resale consideration should not be ignored in estimating the superstitious value in car plate numbers. Universiti Utara Malaysia 2017-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/24948/1/MMJ%2021%202017%2049%2060.pdf Lim, Hock Eam and Wong, Woei Chyuan and Abdullah, Nur Adiana Hiau (2017) The economics of luckiness: How crazy are Malaysian Chinese towards car plate number "8"? Malaysian Management Journal, 21. pp. 49-60. ISSN 0128-6226 http://mmj.uum.edu.my/index.php/current-issues |
| spellingShingle | HD28 Management. Industrial Management Lim, Hock Eam Wong, Woei Chyuan Abdullah, Nur Adiana Hiau The economics of luckiness: How crazy are Malaysian Chinese towards car plate number "8"? |
| title | The economics of luckiness: How crazy are Malaysian Chinese towards car plate number "8"? |
| title_full | The economics of luckiness: How crazy are Malaysian Chinese towards car plate number "8"? |
| title_fullStr | The economics of luckiness: How crazy are Malaysian Chinese towards car plate number "8"? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The economics of luckiness: How crazy are Malaysian Chinese towards car plate number "8"? |
| title_short | The economics of luckiness: How crazy are Malaysian Chinese towards car plate number "8"? |
| title_sort | economics of luckiness how crazy are malaysian chinese towards car plate number 8 |
| topic | HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/24948/1/MMJ%2021%202017%2049%2060.pdf |
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