Modified likelihood ratio tests in heteroskedastic multivariate regression models with measurement error

In this paper, we develop a modified version of the likelihood ratio test for multivariate heteroskedastic errors-in-variables regression models. The error terms are allowed to follow a multivariate distribution in the elliptical class of distributions, which has the normal distribution as a special case. We derive the Skovgaard adjusted likelihood ratio statistic, which follows a chi-squared distribution with a high degree of accuracy. We conduct a simulation study and show that the proposed test displays superior finite sample behavior as compared to the standard likelihood ratio test. We illustrate the usefulness of our results in applied settings using a data set from the WHO MONICA Project on cardiovascular disease.