Export-Import Bank Policies
As policymakers continue to debate the fate of the Export-Import Bank, research from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University calls into question the necessity of maintaining the 81-year-old government agency.
This page highlights research, charts, and commentary from a range of Mercatus scholars, demonstrating how the Export-Import Bank’s primary effect is to privilege favored firms at the expense of taxpayers and non-favored firms.
Latest work in Export-Import Bank Policies
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Once Again, the Export-Import Bank Dogs Taxpayers With Pemex
- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
Veronique de Rugy on The John Batchelor Show - ExIm and PEMEX
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Is the Ex-Im Bank Bailing Out Its Favorite Borrower?
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Export-Import Bank's China Program Lacks Vision
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
I Study Corporate Welfare. Even I Was Shocked by This Cronyism.
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Federal Testimonies Federal Testimonies
Now Is the Time to Revisit the 50-Year Relationship Between the Ex-Im Bank and PEFCO
Testimony before the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Meeting of the Board of Directors
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Export-Import Bank Still the Bank of Boeing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The ExIm Bank is Still the Bank of Boeing
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Export-Import Bank Makes an Unwelcome Return
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Federal Testimonies Federal Testimonies
Reforming Additionality at the Export-Import Bank
Testimony before the Ex-Im Bank Advisory Committee
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Lacks Needed Reform
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
President Trump Isn’t Serious about Ex-Im Being a Tool to Fight China
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Comments on the Ex-Im Bank's Proposed Additionality Criteria
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Comments on the Ex-Im Bank's Current Economic Impact Procedures
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Comments on the Ex-Im Bank's Proposed Additionality Criteria
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
If You Can’t Abolish the Ex-Im Bank, Reform It at Least
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Ex-Im Bank Won’t Help Fight China as It Is
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Numbers Betray Export-Import Bank Advocates
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Ex-Im Bank Aid to State-Owned Businesses Falls without a Quorum
Latest work in Export-Import Bank Policies
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Once Again, the Export-Import Bank Dogs Taxpayers With Pemex
- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
Veronique de Rugy on The John Batchelor Show - ExIm and PEMEX
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Is the Ex-Im Bank Bailing Out Its Favorite Borrower?
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Export-Import Bank's China Program Lacks Vision
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
I Study Corporate Welfare. Even I Was Shocked by This Cronyism.
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Federal Testimonies Federal Testimonies
Now Is the Time to Revisit the 50-Year Relationship Between the Ex-Im Bank and PEFCO
Testimony before the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Meeting of the Board of Directors
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Export-Import Bank Still the Bank of Boeing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The ExIm Bank is Still the Bank of Boeing
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Export-Import Bank Makes an Unwelcome Return
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Federal Testimonies Federal Testimonies
Reforming Additionality at the Export-Import Bank
Testimony before the Ex-Im Bank Advisory Committee
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Lacks Needed Reform
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
President Trump Isn’t Serious about Ex-Im Being a Tool to Fight China
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Comments on the Ex-Im Bank's Proposed Additionality Criteria
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Comments on the Ex-Im Bank's Current Economic Impact Procedures
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Comments on the Ex-Im Bank's Proposed Additionality Criteria
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
If You Can’t Abolish the Ex-Im Bank, Reform It at Least
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Ex-Im Bank Won’t Help Fight China as It Is
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Numbers Betray Export-Import Bank Advocates
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Ex-Im Bank Aid to State-Owned Businesses Falls without a Quorum
Latest work in Export-Import Bank Policies
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Top Ten Foreign State-Owned Beneficiaries of Ex-Im Subsidies
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Research Papers Research Papers
The Export-Import Bank’s Top Foreign Buyers
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Update 2: Top Foreign Buyers of US Exports Subsidized by the Export-Import Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Update: Top Foreign Buyers of US Exports Subsidized by the Export-Import Bank
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Top Foreign Buyers of US Exports Subsidized by the Export-Import Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Export-Import Is Still Boeing’s Bank
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Public Data Suggest Ex-Im Bank Is Not for Everyone
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
No Free Lunch: Ex-Im Winners and Losers
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Ex-Im Funds Flow to Few States, but All Bear the Risks
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Research Papers Research Papers
The US Export-Import Bank: A Review of the Debate over Reauthorization
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Export-Import Bank Assistance to Foreign Firms by Country
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
There Are Better Ways to Help US Exporters Compete Abroad Than the Ex-Im Bank
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
CBO: Export-Import Bank, FHA Mortgage Guarantees, and DoED Student Loan Programs Yield Losses, Not Profits
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
The Export-Import Bank’s Green Portfolio Benefits Familiar Firms
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Portfolio Breakdown of Projects Assisted by the Export-Import Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
The Biggest Beneficiaries of the Ex-Im Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Growth in U.S. Export-Import Bank Authorizations
Latest work in Export-Import Bank Policies
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- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Numbers Betray Export-Import Bank Advocates
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Export-Import Bank Has Been Underpowered for Years. Did Supporters’ Arguments Pan Out?
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Congress Just Restored the Export-Import Bank. It Still Deserves to Die.
The evidence against the agency is overwhelming.
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Corporate Welfare Wins Again in Trump’s Washington
We don’t need the Export-Import Bank, which pads the profits of politically connected corporations on the taxpayer’s dime, but it’s back anyway.
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Kill The Boeing Bank Once and For All
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Kill The Boeing Bank Once and For All
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
GM Discovers That Government Bailouts Come with Golden Chains
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Hypocrisy Is Baked into the Policy Process
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Will the Export-Import Bank Rise Again?
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Pull the US out of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Export-Import Bank Doesn't Make America Great
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Export-Import Bank Returns: A Q&A with Mercatus Scholars
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Celebrating Our Independence -- from the Export-Import Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
If the Ex-Im Bank Is Going to Survive, It Should Be Reformed
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Trump Still Has a Chance to Strike a Blow against Special Interests
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Trump Should Work with Congress to Kill the Export-Import Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Former Ex-Im Beneficiaries Show They Can Get Private Funding
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
To Drain the Swamp, Kill the Ex-Im Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary