Regulation is a quarterly periodical about policy published by the Cato Institute. It was started in 1977 by the American Enterprise Institute and acquired by Cato in 1989. Past editors have included current Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia,[1] Murray Weidenbaum, Christopher DeMuth, Walter Olson, and Peter Huber.[2] 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.[2]