Fiscal Sustainability Across Government Tiers

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Figure 5b. German Lânder: state surplus ratio (% of state GDP).

• Saarland

Bremen

.....Berlin

—*— Hamburg

-0.5

-1.5

-2

—*— Baden-Wurtemberg

—в— Bayern

—■—Hessen

.....Niedersachsen

------Nordrhein-

Westfalen

—*— Rheinland-Pfalz

—"—Schleswig Holstein

-2.5

■ Brandenburg

* Mecklenburg-

Vorpommern
Sachsen

> Sachsen-Anhalt

.....Thuringen

Berlin

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