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Xiao Dong

Xiao Dong is an economist at the Federal Trade Commission, where he has worked on numerous antitrust cases. He previously worked as a research agricultural economist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Xiao conducts research on a variety of topics in food and agricultural economics and related areas, and his work has appeared in journal articles, government reports, and other outlets.
Antitrust and Competition

How Well Do Divestiture Remedies Work for Supermarket Mergers?

Xiao Dong
In new research, Xiao Dong, Paul Koh, Devesh Raval, Dominic Smith, and Brett Wendling evaluate how well divestiture remedies work for mergers in the supermarket industry. They find that past supermarket divestitures lead to lower employment, reduced sales, and higher rates of exit from the market relative to comparable non-divested supermarkets.  

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