| Categories | Policy | 
|---|---|
| Frequency | Quarterly | 
| First issue | July/August 1977 | 
| Company | Cato Institute | 
| Country | United States | 
| Based in | Washington, D.C. | 
| Language | English | 
| Website | www | 
| ISSN | 0147-0590 | 
Regulation is a quarterly periodical about policy published by the Cato Institute. It was started as a bimonthly magazine [1] in 1977 by the American Enterprise Institute and acquired by Cato in 1989. Past editors have included former Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, [2] Murray Weidenbaum, Christopher DeMuth, Walter Olson, and Peter Huber. [3] Peter Van Doren has edited the magazine since 1999.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the magazine was pivotal in promoting deregulation and the importance of cost–benefit analysis. [3]