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Xiao Dong

XDong

Economist

Bureau, Office or Division

Antitrust

Email Address

Selected Publications

"Nearly uniform prices of fresh produce products in US retail chains and implications," with Greg Astill, Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, 2024.
"Does seasonal product rotation contribute to countercyclical pricing and cheaper turkeys during Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter?," Economics Letters, 2023.
"Consumer Stockpiling in Response to the U.S. EISA ‘Light Bulb Ban.’," with H. Allen Klaiber, Energy Economics, 2019.

Selected Casework

Kroger Company/Albertsons Companies, Inc., In the Matter of

Syngenta and Corteva, FTC v.

Education

Ohio State University

PhD Agricultural and Environmental Economics

2019

University of Notre Dame

BS Mechanical Engineering

2011

Fields of Interest

Food and Agricultural Economics
Energy and Environmental Economics
Industrial Organization

Professional Experience

Economist
Federal Trade Commission
2023-Present

Research Agricultural Economist
USDA Economic Research Service
202-2023

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