本文通过对国内外惩罚性赔偿责任性质方面的主要学说和理论进行梳理、比较和评析,试从理论和实践的不同层面来探究惩罚性赔偿责任的性质,并得出其属于经济法性质责任的结论。通过分析因惩罚性赔偿的经济法性质在反垄断法实施中发挥的作用,便可窥见该制度在经济法领域中的适用前景。 Through combing, comparing and commenting on the main doctrines and theories of the nature of punitive damages at home and abroad, this paper explores the nature of punitive damages from different aspects of theory and practice and concludes that they belong to the nature of economic law in conclusion. By analyzing the role played by the economic law of punitive damages in the enforcement of antitrust laws, we can get a glimpse of the prospective application of the system in the field of economic law.