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Happiness Is A Private Matter And Individual Pursuit; However, Public Policy Does Have An Important Role And Can Contribute Much Through Various Enabling Means. This Volume Discusses The Determinants Of Happiness And Presents Case Studies Of How Public Policy Can Help Promote Happiness. Introduction: Happiness As The Only Ultimate Objective Of Public Policy / Yew-kwang Ng And Lok Sang Ho -- Quality-of-life In The Modern Society Measured With Happy Life Years / Ruut Veenhoven -- The 'three Happinesses' And Public Policy / Lok Sang Ho -- Internal And External Determinants Of Subjective Well-being: Review And Policy Implications / Ulrich Schimmack -- Economics And Happiness Research: Insights From Austrian And Public Choice Economics / Christopher J. Coyne And Peter J. Boettke -- Do Cigarette Taxes Make Smokers Happier? / Jonathan Gruber And Sendhil Mullainathan -- Happiness And The Pursuit Of A Life Worth Living: An Anthropological Approach / Gordon Mathews -- Psychological Approaches To The Relationship Between Happiness And Public Policy In P.r. China / Kan Shi... [et Al.] -- Happiness And Development: Public Policy Initiatives In The Kingdom Of Bhutan / Vijay Kumar Shrotryia -- An Exploratory Study Of Resilience Among Hong Kong Employees: Ways To Happiness / Oi-ling Siu... [et Al.] -- Fun, Fervour Or Fitness?: Sporting Cultures And Happiness / Brian Bridges -- Public Policy Implications Of Behavioural Economics And Happiness Studies / Yew-kwang Ng. By Lok Sang Ho; Edited By Y. Ng. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English