An Introduction to Excel VBA Programming: with Applications in Finance and Insurance

Excel Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) can be used to automate operations in Excel and is one of the most frequently used software programs for manipulating data and building models in banks and insurance companies. An Introduction to Excel VBA Programming: with Applications in Finance and Insurance introduces readers to the basic fundamentals of VBA Programming while demonstrating applications of VBA to solve real-world problems in finance and insurance. Assuming no prior programming experience and with reproducible examples using code and data, this text is suitable for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, actuaries, and financial analysts who wish to learn VBA.

Features:

• Presents the theory behind the algorithms in detail
• Includes more than 100 exercises with selected solutions
• Provides VBA code in Excel files and data to reproduce the results in the book
• Offers a solutions manual for qualified instructors

Author: Guojun Gan
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 03/22/2019
Pages: 284
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780367261283

About the Author

Guojun Gan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Connecticut, where he has been since August 2014. Prior to that, he worked at Manulife Financial, a large life insurance company in Toronto, Canada, for six years. His research focuses on data mining and actuarial science. He has published four books and several papers related to data mining, actuarial science, and mathematical finance.