the journal of regulatory economics is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering regulatory economics. it was established in 1989 and is published by springer science+business media. the founding editor-in-chief was michael a. crew (rutgers business school – newark and new brunswick), and the current one is menaham spiegel (rutgers university). according to the "journal citation reports", the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 0.909.