Acity government imposes a proportional income tax on all people who earn income within its city limits. in 2004, the city's income tax rate was 0.050.05 (55 percent), and it collected $20.0020.00 million in income taxes. in 2005, it raised the income tax rate to 0.060.06 (66 percent), and its income tax collections declined to $19.2019.20 million. what happened to the city's income tax base between 2004 and 2005?

6. why the aggregate supply curve slopes upward in the short run in the short run, the quantity of output that firms supply can deviate from the natural level of output if the actual price level in the economy deviates from the expected price level. several theories explain how this might happen. for example, the misperceptions theory asserts that changes in the price level can temporarily mislead firms about what is happening to their output prices. consider a soybean farmer who expects a price level of 100 in the coming year. if the actual price level turns out to be 90, soybean prices will , and if the farmer mistakenly assumes that the price of soybeans declined relative to other prices of goods and services, she will respond by the quantity of soybeans supplied. if other producers in this economy mistake changes in the price level for changes in their relative prices, the unexpected decrease in the price level causes the quantity of output supplied to the natural level of output in the short run.