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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End the Export-Import Bank
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Expecting the Export-Import Bank to Expire
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Most State Exports Happen without the Ex-Im Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Ex-Im Bank Funds Flow to Firms in Rich Countries
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Federal Testimonies Federal Testimonies
The Export-Import Bank: Winners and Losers of Government-Granted Privilege
Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the US Senate
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Export Jobs Won’t Disappear Absent Ex-Im Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Why Letting Ex-Im Bank’s Charter Expire Won’t Lead to Massive Job Losses
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Export-Import Bank’s Green Portfolio Benefits Familiar Firms
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Ex-Im Bank of Little Value to Small, Minority-owned, and Women-owned Businesses
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Time Has Come for the End of the Ex-Im Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Big Data, Big Business, and Big Government: How Bureaucrats Are Keeping People in the Dark about the Export-Import Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Top Ten Foreign State-Owned Beneficiaries of Ex-Im Subsidies
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Hard To Justify Ex-Im Bank's Cronyism, Corruption
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Known and Unknown of the Ex-Im Bank
- | 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
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Export-Import Bank Subsidizes the Already Wealthy
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
On Ex-Im Bank, the Democrats Are the Real Corporate Shills
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Top Foreign Buyers of US Exports Subsidized by the Export-Import Bank
Latest work in Export-Import Bank Policies
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
End the Export-Import Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Expecting the Export-Import Bank to Expire
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Most State Exports Happen without the Ex-Im Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Ex-Im Bank Funds Flow to Firms in Rich Countries
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Federal Testimonies Federal Testimonies
The Export-Import Bank: Winners and Losers of Government-Granted Privilege
Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the US Senate
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Export Jobs Won’t Disappear Absent Ex-Im Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Why Letting Ex-Im Bank’s Charter Expire Won’t Lead to Massive Job Losses
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Export-Import Bank’s Green Portfolio Benefits Familiar Firms
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Ex-Im Bank of Little Value to Small, Minority-owned, and Women-owned Businesses
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Time Has Come for the End of the Ex-Im Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Big Data, Big Business, and Big Government: How Bureaucrats Are Keeping People in the Dark about the Export-Import Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Top Ten Foreign State-Owned Beneficiaries of Ex-Im Subsidies
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Hard To Justify Ex-Im Bank's Cronyism, Corruption
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Known and Unknown of the Ex-Im Bank
- | 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
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Export-Import Bank Subsidizes the Already Wealthy
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
On Ex-Im Bank, the Democrats Are the Real Corporate Shills
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations