[3] He founded and directed the Hoover Institution Working Group on Intellectual Property, Innovation, and Prosperity, which ran from 2014 to 2019.
[10] Haber's abilities as a teacher and mentor were acknowledged by the Economic History Association, which at its 2013 meeting awarded him the Jonathan R. Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching.
[11] Haber has spent his academic life investigating why only some societies have been able to create economic and political systems that foster innovation, social mobility, and high standards of living.
One line of Haber's work has focused on how regulatory agencies that supervise financial and patent systems are often used by incumbent firms and interest groups to stifle competition, thereby curtailing economic opportunities and slowing technological progress.
[12][13] Haber's current work focuses on the impact of geography on the evolution of societies' fundamental economic and political institutions.