Committee Parliamentary Specialization Index. Explaining MPs’ specialisation in the Spanish Congreso de los DiputadosFootnote^*

* A first, less ambitious version of the Parliamentary Specialization Index was presented at the 12th Workshop of Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians, Wroxton, July 2015.

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