Sunset: A Survey and Analysis of the State Experience
调查了1976年至1982年间美国各州日落法的采纳情况，分析了其快速扩散的原因和影响，对研究政府改革和政策扩散的学者有参考价值。
The rise of Sunset in Colorado in 1976 was greeted with great hopes and expectations. State Sunset laws enjoyed the support of liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, across the United States. They were seen as anti-big government and pro-consumer. As a foot soldier in the tax revolt, Sunset promised to reduce the size and costs of government and to lower barriers to competition. Between 1976 and 1982 all 50 state legislatures and Congress considered adoption of Sunset laws. Thirty-six states had enacted Sunset by the end of 1981, representing a remarkably rapid diffusion of a state innovation.