TY - JOUR AU - AU - Monge, Manuel AU - Hurtado, Rafael AU - Infante, Juan PY - 2025 SN - SN - 2227-7390 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12766/740 AB - This paper examined the cyclical patterns of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the global water sector from 1982 to 2024, with a focus on both linear and nonlinear dynamics in M&A waves. Through a univariate analysis using ARFIMA models, we found that... LA - eng PB - MDPI TI - Time Series Analysis of the Dynamics of Merger and Acquisition Cycles in the Global Water Sector DO - 10.3390/math13071146 T2 - Mathematics M2 - 1 KW - M&A KW - Completed KW - Water sector KW - Global KW - ARFIMA (p,d,q) model KW - BDS test KW - Markov-switching dynamic regression (MS-DR) model VL - 13 ER -