st: Bootstrapped errors valid?

["Jake Kendall" <kendall_jake@hotmail.com>]

Hi All,

I am considering the following regression but I am unsure of the validity of 
using bootstrapped errors. I would appreciate any comments anyone has.

I am running an instrumental variables panel regression using random effects 
[ xtivreg ..., re]. I believe that the variable to be instrumented is drawn 
from a Poisson distribution so I would like to find a way to correct for 
this. I had thought of using bootstrapped errors as a way to be robust to 
the possible misspecification. Is this valid or is there some way to test if 
it is valid?


thanks in advance 
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