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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Export-Import Is Still Boeing’s Bank
![Boeing-Bank-Vero-Chart.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/Boeing-Bank-Vero-Chart.jpg?itok=pmCgowcb)
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- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Ex-Im Should Go
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
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Ex-Im Helps Hillary's Friends at Boeing, Not Women-Owned Firms
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Only Politically Connected Corporations Benefit From U.S. Export-Import Bank
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Public Data Suggest Ex-Im Bank Is Not for Everyone
![C1-Minority-small_1.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/C1-Minority-small_1.jpg?itok=R4psKkBC)
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
No Free Lunch: Ex-Im Winners and Losers
![C1-Not-Free-Lunch-vero-large.png](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/C1-Not-Free-Lunch-vero-large.png?itok=LD1xWsr6)
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Acknowledge Unseen Victims of Export-Import Bank Deals and Shut it Down
- | Government Spending Government Spending
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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
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Ex-Im Funds Flow to Few States, but All Bear the Risks
![ExIm-Map-1-Poster-LARGE_1.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/ExIm-Map-1-Poster-LARGE_1.jpg?itok=50maPoyK)
- | 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
- | Research Papers Research Papers
The US Export-Import Bank: A Review of the Debate over Reauthorization
Latest work in Export-Import Bank Policies
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Export-Import Is Still Boeing’s Bank
![Boeing-Bank-Vero-Chart.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/Boeing-Bank-Vero-Chart.jpg?itok=pmCgowcb)
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Ex-Im Should Go
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Ex-Im Helps Hillary's Friends at Boeing, Not Women-Owned Firms
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Only Politically Connected Corporations Benefit From U.S. Export-Import Bank
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Public Data Suggest Ex-Im Bank Is Not for Everyone
![C1-Minority-small_1.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/C1-Minority-small_1.jpg?itok=R4psKkBC)
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
No Free Lunch: Ex-Im Winners and Losers
![C1-Not-Free-Lunch-vero-large.png](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/C1-Not-Free-Lunch-vero-large.png?itok=LD1xWsr6)
- | 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
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Ex-Im Funds Flow to Few States, but All Bear the Risks
![ExIm-Map-1-Poster-LARGE_1.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/ExIm-Map-1-Poster-LARGE_1.jpg?itok=50maPoyK)
- | 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
- | Research Papers Research Papers