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
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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
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Curbing Favoritism in Government
What the Trump Administration and Congress Should Do
- | 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
Will the Ex-Im Bank Enable Boeing's Deal With Iran?
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Don't Buy the Ex-Im Lie
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
All Roads Lead to Washington as Congress Resurrects Ex-Im Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Ex-Im: Lessons from a Government Failure
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Don't Buy the Pro-Ex-Im Hype
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Ex-Im Fight Makes a Comeback
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Research Papers Research Papers
Basic Economics of the Export-Import Bank of the United States
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Ex-Im’s Working Capital Programs Benefit Big Businesses and Banks
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Should the US Export-Import Bank Be Reauthorized?
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
The Export-Import Bank’s Small Business Program Supports Big Companies
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
White House Confirms Negligible Impact of the Ex-Im Bank on Exports
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Shut Down the Export-Import Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Ex-Im Bank Charter to Expire at Midnight
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
State's Exports Won't Collapse If Ex-Im Bank Goes Away
Latest work in Export-Import Bank Policies
- | 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
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Curbing Favoritism in Government
What the Trump Administration and Congress Should Do
- | 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
Will the Ex-Im Bank Enable Boeing's Deal With Iran?
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Don't Buy the Ex-Im Lie
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
All Roads Lead to Washington as Congress Resurrects Ex-Im Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Ex-Im: Lessons from a Government Failure
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Don't Buy the Pro-Ex-Im Hype
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Ex-Im Fight Makes a Comeback
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Research Papers Research Papers
Basic Economics of the Export-Import Bank of the United States
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Ex-Im’s Working Capital Programs Benefit Big Businesses and Banks
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Should the US Export-Import Bank Be Reauthorized?
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
The Export-Import Bank’s Small Business Program Supports Big Companies
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
White House Confirms Negligible Impact of the Ex-Im Bank on Exports
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Shut Down the Export-Import Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Ex-Im Bank Charter to Expire at Midnight
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
State's Exports Won't Collapse If Ex-Im Bank Goes Away
Latest work in Export-Import Bank Policies
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Only Politically Connected Corporations Benefit From U.S. Export-Import Bank
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Acknowledge Unseen Victims of Export-Import Bank Deals and Shut it Down
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Export-Import Bank Exists For Big Business
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Export-Import Bank Hurts U.S. Companies
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Subsidies for Big Business and Megabanks
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Shuttering Ex-Im Bank Good for Arizona
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
End Toxic Alliance with Big Business
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Small Pennsylvania Firms Don't Need Ex-Im Bank
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Export-Import Bank Socializes Risk for Private Benefit
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Export-Import Bank Benefits Big Businesses, Not Small Ones
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Big-Business Bias
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Crony Capitalism Machine
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
If You've Got a Small Business, Odds Are the Export-Import Bank Isn't Helping You
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Prisoners of the Export-Import Bank
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Unseen Costs of the Export-Import Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Strike a Bipartisan Blow Against Crony Capitalism and End the Export-Import Bank
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Export-Import Bank Defenders Rely on Ronald Reagan to Save its Funding
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Big Business Cronies Rally to Protect Export-Import Bank
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
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