The agricultural machinery industry: the emergence of an oligopoly, internationalization and market power The aim of this study is to conduct an analysis about the evolution of market structures of agricultural machinery worldwide industry, highlighting the countries and the context of its origin, as well as the characteristics of its international expansion. Merger and acquisition strategies, adopted as predominant form of entry into new markets, are emphasized, as well as its role on the increase of market power in the Brazilian industry of agricultural tractors. The work was divided into three chapters. The first chapter provides the theoretical basis on oligopoly market structures and its forms of competition, in addition to a historical survey of the industry in order to relate them, highlighting its main features and landmarks of its evolution. The second chapter provides an overview of the industry and world agricultural machinery market in the last decade, defining the major players, their characteristics and advantages that afforded the development of this industry, in addition to a characterization of predominant international trade patterns. Finally, the last chapter has its focus on the Brazilian case and analyzes the impacts of market concentration on the industry's performance in terms of market power, performing, for this, the estimation of the parameters of a demand function for agricultural tractors (price elasticity of demand) and an indicator of market power (Lerner index). The results allow demonstrating that this industry became concentrated with the advent of the Industrial Revolution, forming a large oligopoly, first at national level and, subsequently, international. The concentration and internationalization came mainly through mergers and acquisitions, having impacts on the levels and forms of competition prevalent. Emerging countries has increased their importance as producers and plaintiffs of tractors and combines, though the United States and Europe are the main markets for this industry. In the Brazilian market, although there have been no significant changes in the price elasticity of demand, the merger of two large multinationals has raised significantly the market power by increasing market concentration.