Corporate Governance, Board Oversight, and CEO Turnover reviews the interactions between Board of Director's role in governance and oversight, executive evaluation, and organizational goals including truthful disclosure of earnings and investment in long-term projects. It synthesizes recent research that examines these interactions and their implications on 1. firms' investment strategies, 2. executive compensation packages, 3. board monitoring and transparency, 4. the likelihood and characteristics of CEO turnover, 5. financial reporting 6. CEO selection, and 7. board composition. Corporate Governance, Board Oversight, and CEO Turnover analyzes governance from the perspective of assessment. The analysis is framed around themes related to CEO assessment and replacement. Each theme is the focus of one section. Section 2 studies the costs of transparency in a setting in which the board seeks to assess the CEO and, if warranted, replace him. Section 3 studies a setting in which the CEO pr