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 Bank Assistance to Foreign Firms by Country
![ExIm-foreign-firms-small.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/ExIm-foreign-firms-small.jpg?itok=GrLjpzPG)
- | 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
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
There Are Better Ways to Help US Exporters Compete Abroad Than the Ex-Im Bank
![Chart-1-Exim-export-value-large.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/Chart-1-Exim-export-value-large.jpg?itok=VosI5z3d)
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Federal Testimonies Federal Testimonies
Testimony on the US Export-Import Bank
Testimony Before the House Committee on Financial Services
- | 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
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
CBO: Export-Import Bank, FHA Mortgage Guarantees, and DoED Student Loan Programs Yield Losses, Not Profits
![C1-ex-im-602-large.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/C1-ex-im-602-large.jpg?itok=S-QhAq4z)
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
The Export-Import Bank’s Green Portfolio Benefits Familiar Firms
![C1-green-export-import-large_0.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/C1-green-export-import-large_0.jpg?itok=BNxXfpj5)
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- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Portfolio Breakdown of Projects Assisted by the Export-Import Bank
![C1-ex-im-vero-12-small_1.png](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/C1-ex-im-vero-12-small_1.png?itok=q7sbRGqX)
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Export-Import Bank Defenders Rely on Ronald Reagan to Save its Funding
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
The Biggest Beneficiaries of the Ex-Im Bank
![C1-Total-Assistance-small.png](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/C1-Total-Assistance-small.png?itok=qSE6rE7V)
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Big Business Cronies Rally to Protect Export-Import Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Growth in U.S. Export-Import Bank Authorizations
![eximbankchart580.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/eximbankchart580.jpg?itok=T3Z5tNx7)
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Congress's Chance to Take on Corporate Welfare
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Mercatus Scholars on the Export–Import Bank
Latest work in Export-Import Bank Policies
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Export-Import Bank Assistance to Foreign Firms by Country
![ExIm-foreign-firms-small.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/ExIm-foreign-firms-small.jpg?itok=GrLjpzPG)
- | 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
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
There Are Better Ways to Help US Exporters Compete Abroad Than the Ex-Im Bank
![Chart-1-Exim-export-value-large.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/Chart-1-Exim-export-value-large.jpg?itok=VosI5z3d)
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Federal Testimonies Federal Testimonies
Testimony on the US Export-Import Bank
Testimony Before the House Committee on Financial Services
- | 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
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
CBO: Export-Import Bank, FHA Mortgage Guarantees, and DoED Student Loan Programs Yield Losses, Not Profits
![C1-ex-im-602-large.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/C1-ex-im-602-large.jpg?itok=S-QhAq4z)
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
The Export-Import Bank’s Green Portfolio Benefits Familiar Firms
![C1-green-export-import-large_0.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/C1-green-export-import-large_0.jpg?itok=BNxXfpj5)
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Portfolio Breakdown of Projects Assisted by the Export-Import Bank
![C1-ex-im-vero-12-small_1.png](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/C1-ex-im-vero-12-small_1.png?itok=q7sbRGqX)
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Export-Import Bank Defenders Rely on Ronald Reagan to Save its Funding
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
The Biggest Beneficiaries of the Ex-Im Bank
![C1-Total-Assistance-small.png](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/C1-Total-Assistance-small.png?itok=qSE6rE7V)
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Big Business Cronies Rally to Protect Export-Import Bank
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Growth in U.S. Export-Import Bank Authorizations
![eximbankchart580.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/eximbankchart580.jpg?itok=T3Z5tNx7)
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Congress's Chance to Take on Corporate Welfare
- | Web Page