This paper explains market segmentation that occurs in the Philippine informal credit markets through the matching of borrowers and lenders by their occupational specializations to internalize transaction costs and facilitate economic activity. The regression results support a predictable...

Books Reviewed include: Food safety and international competitiveness-the case of beef by John Spriggs and Grant Isaac; The Economics of Nature: Managing Biological Assets by G. Cornelius van Kooten and Ervin H. Bulte; The Microfinance Revolution: Sustainable Finance for the Poor by Marguerite S....