Because labor demand tends to be more elastic than labor supply, a payroll tax falls largely on employees.

因为劳动力需求往往比劳动力供应更有弹性，受雇者要承受更多的工资税负担。

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There is also the possibility that the supply and demand situation itself might become less elastic - Russia's own demand for gas, for instance, is growing by over 2% annually.

当然随着时间的推移，还有一种可能的情况会出现，那就是供应和需求之间可供回旋的空间也将越来越小，——比如说，俄罗斯自身对天然气的需求也正以每年超过2%的速度递增。

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We find that IOs were used sparingly in cities where elastic housing supply precludes speculation from arising.

我们发现在那些自复苏以来用弹性房屋供应来防止投机的城市里，IOS的应用很谨慎。

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Furthermore, Wilson, the only president with a doctorate, tried to use the newly created Federal Reserve system and an elastic money supply to keep inflation in check, but the U.S. still saw double-digit inflation from 1917 to 1920.

WSJ: Checks & Balances | Museum of American Finance | Of Debt and Taxes | By Mark Yost

Murenbeeld said to look at commodities this way, one has to start with the hypothesis that supply is relatively elastic.

FORBES: INTERVIEW: Inflation Should Not Be A Problem For U.S., Canada, Gold Prices To Rise -- Dundee's Murenbeeld