Folk customs and home improvement decisions

In this paper, we examine whether Chinese folk customs and taboos have impacts on the home improvement decisions of Taiwanese homeowners. Based on traditional Chinese culture, we choose the Year of the Dragon and Widow Year as indicators of auspicious (fortune) and inauspicious (taboo) periods, resp...

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Main Authors: Bourassa, S.C (Author), Ma, Y.-C (Author), Wu, W.-C (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Global Social Science Institute 2018
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