[摘要]现实中保险市场可分为寡头垄断、垄断竞争及完全竞争三种市场结构。我国目前及相当一段时期内的保险市场结构属于寡头垄断。寡头垄断市场具有双重市场效果,同时寡头垄断保险市场的资源配置正效率会对市场垄断造成的福利损失产生一定的抵消作用。从长期看,我国保险市场的目标模式将是垄断竞争市场结构。 [关键词]保险市场结构;寡头垄断;垄断竞争;目标模式 [中图分类号] F840 [文献标识码] A [文章编号]1004-3306(2005)09-0015-03 Abstract: The practical insurance market can be classified as following: oligopoly, monopoly, and competitive markets. At present and a certain period of time in the future, the structure of China’s insurance market is oligopoly. Oligopoly market has dual market effect, but its positive efficiency of resource allocation will counteract the welfare loss derived from monopoly. In the long run, the ideal mode of China’s insurance market will be Oligopoly. Key Words: insurance market structure;oligopoly;monopoly;ideal mode